"The Iron King" by Maurice Druon. $1.99 at B&N/Amazon(US)!!

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Lovers of George R.R. Martin will have probably heard of this book as he has praised it very highly. It came out in ebook this year for the first time (I think) and Martin gave a nod to it as inspirational to his own writing of the Game of Thrones series.

The Iron King – Philip the Fair – is as cold and silent, as handsome and unblinking as a statue. He governs his realm with an iron hand, but he cannot rule his own family: his sons are weak and their wives adulterous; while his red-blooded daughter Isabella is unhappily married to an English king who prefers the company of men.

A web of scandal, murder and intrigue is weaving itself around the Iron King; but his downfall will come from an unexpected quarter. Bent on the persecution of the rich and powerful Knights Templar, Philip sentences Grand Master Jacques Molay to be burned at the stake, thus drawing down upon himself a curse that will destroy his entire dynasty…

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